While You Were Away: May 1, 2022

10 things your parents never told you about work (but probably should have):

— David Morris (@wdmorrisjr)
1:06 PM • Apr 24, 2022

28 sentences that'll teach you more about human psychology than a 4 year psychology degree:

— Infinitians | Pearls of Wisdom (@Infinitians1)
11:34 AM • Apr 24, 2022

16 years ago I was fired.

Today I own a holding company that owns 14 businesses.

Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Here’s how to find a career that’s best for you:

— Sieva Kozinsky (@SievaKozinsky)
3:00 PM • Apr 30, 2022

When I was 29 years old, I learned a life lesson I'll never forget.

I was new to the San Francisco Giants, and struggling to make it in professional baseball.

Baseball had been a challenge in every possible way and I wasn't sure I could keep going.

Until one day:

— Cory Gearrin (@CoryGearrin)
5:20 PM • Apr 29, 2022

There are so many ways to "do" leadership poorly.

The good news is we can learn from some of the worst and we should!

Let's break down one leadership tendency that results in a lack of trust, lack of growth, and downstream, can absolutely wreck a team...

The hero complex.

— Karen Hebert-Maccaro ☕️ (@eduversequeen)
3:28 PM • Apr 28, 2022

Through the 2010s, investor Bill Hwang (via his hedge fund Archegos Capital) quietly built one of America's largest fortunes.

In March 2021, Archegos imploded and Hwang lost $20B in 2 days. Today, Feds charged him with fraud (manipulating markets).

Here's the insane story🧵

— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan)
2:50 PM • Apr 27, 2022

An entire generation of entrepreneurs & tech investors built their entire perspectives on valuation during the second  half of a 13-year amazing bull market run. The "unlearning" process could be painful, surprising, & unsettling to many. I anticipate denial. Some thoughts:

— Bill Gurley (@bgurley)
6:44 PM • Apr 29, 2022

The best marketers are customer-obsessed

Here are 6 free tools to help you better understand your audience and market smarter (even if you’re not techie) 👇

— Katelyn Bourgoin ⚡️ (@KateBour)
3:03 PM • Apr 25, 2022

I started an online business, and made over 5 figures at 20 years old.

Here’s 10 no-code tools every entrepreneur should know:

— Easlo (@heyeaslo)
2:00 AM • Apr 29, 2022

I've combed through 1,000+ interview questions.

I took the best and tried them out.

After my first call, I was shocked when the candidate said:

"This was the best interview I've ever been on."

Steal the full 20-question interview template below: 👇

— Joe Portsmouth 🧲 (@joe_portsmouth)
12:30 PM • Apr 27, 2022

Today, we’re announcing that Airbnb employees can live and work anywhere.

Our design for working at Airbnb has 5 key features:

— Brian Chesky (@bchesky)
12:10 AM • Apr 29, 2022

I've trained 100s of Executives on how to handle arguments.

Want to stand out?

Master these 13 argument types: 🧵

— Vibhor Chandel (@VibhorChandel)
12:00 PM • Apr 30, 2022

Jeff Bezos is worth 177.5 billion dollars.

Every year he wrote an annual letter teaching us how.

I read all 40,000 words of them so you don't need to.

Here are 14 lessons worth your time:

— Coach Clint (@IAmCoachClint)
1:59 PM • Apr 29, 2022

It’s great to see Congress working hard to provide web3 builders with regulatory clarity. The SEC should see this moment as an opportunity to adopt a more constructive approach to regulating web3.

If it does, here are 3 suggestions for where it could start.🧵

— miles jennings (@milesjennings)
5:10 PM • Apr 29, 2022

This illusion where you see a 3 dimensional cube even though it’s not there

a shape is made that is adjusted by your point of view

This type of illusion where a distorted drawing appears normal when viewed from a particular point is called anamorphosis

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3)
9:41 PM • Apr 24, 2022

In 1988, Oscar Mayer needed a quick way to sell stockpiles of bologna, fake cheese, and butter crackers.

Billions of dollars and calories later, enter the insane story of Lunchables.

THREAD🧵

— Sollozzo 🥩⚡️ (@MrSollozzo)
12:07 PM • Apr 28, 2022

I went undrafted and was always anxious during every draft as an NFL vet

Got the itch to do some writing earlier today being in several different situations throughout my career.

Here are some thoughts looking back 👇🏻

— Will Compton (@_willcompton)
11:41 PM • Apr 28, 2022

Something most people have no idea about that is a huge part of being a professional athlete: TRAVEL!

It can be a lot of fun but really tough on the body!

Here’s what traveling was like over the course of my 20 years in the NHL

— Chris Pronger (@chrispronger)
3:36 PM • Apr 26, 2022

Ever wonder why all of the faces on US dollar bills are those of…dead guys?

Well, we have Spencer M. Clark to thank for that, who, according to my calculations, was the biggest troll of 1800s America.

The story:

— David Zabinsky (@DavidZabinsky)
12:50 PM • Apr 29, 2022